[New subscriber] RPM release "road map"?
Hi all, new subscriber. I hit the list archives and didn't see
anyone talking about this directly, so I might as well bring it up.
Feel free to comment, rebuke or flat-out smack me for asking ...
;-PPP
Right now I'm running kernel 2.2 + Ext3 (thanx to HJL@VALinux's
RPMs) on most of my production systems (most have a RedHat 6.2
base). I'm even working on modifying Anaconda and repackaging a
"6.3" RPM release for production use since people I know have been
bothering me for it (I've been running Ext3 for 9 months at home, 6
months on my main file server at work).
Unfortunately Tweedie@RedHat (the Ext3 maintainer) doesn't seem to
be working on Ext3 for kernel 2.4 right now (at least that's what
I've heard -- I _could_ be wrong), and ReiserFS (which runs on 2.4)
is not a desirable JFS for kNFSd file servers IMHO (yes, I know
about the NFS patches, but I still don't trust it for
_production_kNFSd_servers_ yet ;-).
I have always been impressed with XFS and, after reading the docs
(including the extensive Linux utility support like "xfsdump"), I
recently downloaded and played with the XFS 0.9 release for RedHat
7.0. I am extremely impressed with the RPMs produced as well as the
replacement Anaconda installer. Plus, I heard it works perfectly
with kNFSd under 2.4.x, correct? If so, that is _exactly_ what
corporate sysadmins who run their enterprise on NFSf are looking
for. And most of us maintain a box we "roll-our-own" RPM
sets/updates on (for NFS-based installs), which makes the XFS
RPM/Anaconda release very, very sweet indeed!
As such, although it is hard to "tell the future," when does it look
like next RPMest/Anaconda replacement will be released?
>From what I've read in the mailing list archives, it looks like most
XFS "issues" on Linx have been with the 2.4.0 kernel itself (largely
the unified IDE code?). And others have had much better success
with the CVS builds against 2.4.1 as well as 2.4.2-pre3? Again, XFS
looks to be the best JFS for production NFS servers given its proven
track record on Irix, and its capabilities with large files and
overall volume (even on Linux).
With both the RedHat 7.1 and kernel 2.4.2 releases around the
corner, I'm starting to get the feeling that that the "potential"
RPM release "road map" would include a new RPMset/Anaconda release
for RedHat 7.1 with the 2.4.2 kernel? Is that where it looks like
were headed (assuming 2.4.2 comes out shortly after RedHat 7.1)?
Just curious. I'm going to dig into the CVS tree and look at using
it XFS on my home workstation regardless. But I'm trying to look
towards the future, especially given the most excellent RPM/Anaconda
set produced for RedHat 7.0 / kernel 2.4.0.
-- TheBS
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